[nagdu] changes at GDF wasMissingWashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk

Thu May 20 13:18:05 UTC 2010

No, Bailey doesn't do that, as I said.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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> you asked and I told you.  I don't know it's my first guide dog, and I 
> thought it was neat.
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
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> MissingWashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
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>> It does. But don't all the guide dogs do that? What is special about GDF
>> in this regard? Cheryll wrote it like it was something real special and
>> it sounds like well, basic guide work to me.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of solsticesinger
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:12 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing
>> WashingtonCo.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>>
>> Step refusal is basically to keep us from tumbling down flights of
>> stairs.
>> If I give Caroline the forward command, and we're at the top of a flight
>> of
>> stairs, she will not go forward until my foot is planted on the step
>> below
>> us. Hope that makes sense.
>>
>> Shannon and Caroline
>> Are you a fan of Women's music? If so, join me each Wednesday evening
>> from 7
>> until 10 eastern  for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In
>>
>> Music.
>> http://mojoradio.us:9090
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington
>> Co.BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>>
>>
>> Step refusal? What is that?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:25 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington Co.
>> BoyFoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>>
>> Julie:
>>
>> My guide dog is also from GDF.  I find them a great school, they do
>> leash
>> guiding as well, and step refusal, they are a great school.
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> Independent Travel Consultant
>> C10-10646
>>
>> http://Echevarriatravel.com
>> 1-866-580-5574
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] changes at GDF was Missing Washington Co. Boy
>> FoundAfter5-MileBarefootWalk
>>
>>
>> > Shannon,
>> >
>> > I'd be interested to know what changes have occurred at GDF since you
>> > first
>> > went there and which you like and which you don't.
>> >
>> > Although it's a long way off, I am considering GDF for my next guide,
>> if I
>> > decide not to owner train again.  I'm a little OCD about advance
>> planning!
>> > *smile*
>> >
>> > Julie
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
>> > To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:43 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found
>> > After5-MileBarefootWalk
>> >
>> >
>> > > Thank you for sharing this with us. I find it all very interesting.
>> > >
>> > > I've gotten both my dogs from GDF, and have found them incredible to
>>
>> > > work
>> > > with. The school has grown in many ways from when I first went there
>> in
>> > > 1997. Some changes are good. Others, not so much, but overall, I
>> really
>> > > do
>> > > like the program. I'm glad they were willing to work with you, and I
>>
>> > > hope
>> > > you get a fabulous dog.
>> > >
>> > > Shannon and Caroline
>> > > Are you a fan of Women's music? If so, join me each Wednesday
>> evening
>> > > from
>> > > 7
>> > > until 10 eastern  for The Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of
>> Women In
>> > > Music.
>> > > http://mojoradio.us:9090
>> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > > From: "Katrin Andberg" <katrin at maplewooddog.com>
>> > > To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:15 PM
>> > > Subject: [nagdu] Missing Washington Co. Boy Found After
>> > > 5-MileBarefootWalk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > There are many tasks that service dogs can do for adults with autism
>>
>> > > that
>> > > are real true tasks.  Many relate to disorders that tend to coexist
>> with
>> > > the
>> > > autism diagnosis.  For example I am autistic and also have a
>> > > neurological
>> > > sensory processing disorder with poor proprioception.  The sensory
>> > > processing disorder I have because I am autistic and that is what I
>> > > mainly
>> > > utilize my dog for.  Because of this disorder I have difficulty with
>> > > correctly processing my environment through my senses.  Personally
>> my
>> > > most
>> > > 2
>> > > affected senses are my eye sight and my hearing.  I use my tactile
>> sense
>> > > a
>> > > lot to correctly interpret what my eyes are seeing or to tell me how
>> far
>> > > away from something I am and things like that.  Pretty much I can
>> never
>> > > trust my eye sight.  I am not legally blind but I do utilize many of
>> the
>> > > same skill sets that people who are legally blind use.  I have been
>> > > through
>> > > O&M training, which of course the state would not fund even though
>> my
>> > > drs
>> > > recommended it, so I had to pay out of pocket and it was a HUGE help
>> to
>> > > me.
>> > > I have also learned a lot by trial and error how to get along best
>> in my
>> > > environment.  One of the reasons I am on guide dog user specific
>> e-mail
>> > > lists is because it is a simple way for me to learn new things from
>> > > others
>> > > who have problems with vision even though the reasons we have
>> problems
>> > > are
>> > > not the same and see how they get things accomplished.  There are
>> things
>> > > I
>> > > have read about on the list and then gone "Hey that would really be
>> a
>> > > good
>> > > thing for me to try!" and I do it and it is a great help to me and
>> makes
>> > > things a lot easier.  I am a very independent person and I tend to
>> learn
>> > > things a bit differently because of my disability but I still get
>> the
>> > > job
>> > > done.  I do not though have the benefit of a vision center or a
>> state
>> > > commission for the blind or someplace like that as those places
>> won't
>> > > assist
>> > > me.  There is a local autism society but most of their services for
>> > > people
>> > > my age are for things like social groups or employment which I don't
>> > > really
>> > > need that kind of help with at this time.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > For what my dog does for me, he does all of the same tasks that a
>> guide
>> > > dog
>> > > for any of you do.  He does obstacle avoidance, he does intelligent
>> > > disobedience at streets and other dangerous situations, he does
>> stopping
>> > > at
>> > > curbs and stairs and other changes in pavement.  He also has a
>> follow
>> > > cue
>> > > which I use quite often when we are in new places.  I have also
>> trained
>> > > him
>> > > to find our home, the last car we were in if someone takes us out,
>> how
>> > > to
>> > > find people I go places often with by name, how to find places I go
>> > > often
>> > > by
>> > > name and a number of other things for me.  He finds entrance and
>> exit
>> > > doors,
>> > > he finds counters, he finds empty seats, etc.  I also have a dog who
>>
>> > > helps
>> > > me at home only (I could have trained James but my corgi really
>> wanted a
>> > > job
>> > > so it was fun to train him too) who alerts me to various timers
>> going
>> > > off
>> > > and the smoke and CO alarm.  Again because of my sensory processing
>> > > disorder
>> > > I have difficulty with actually processing what those sounds are or
>> > > simply
>> > > not tuning them out and hearing them at all, so he tells me when
>> they
>> > > are
>> > > going off same as a hearing dog for the deaf would do.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > The dog I currently have, James, I owner trained.  My next dog I had
>>
>> > > been
>> > > hoping to owner train, but due to life circumstances I am not going
>> to
>> > > be
>> > > able to so I have recently been accepted to GDF and will be going
>> there
>> > > at
>> > > some point in hopefully the next 2 years.  Finding a program that
>> would
>> > > accept me and train the tasks I need (which is mostly guide work)
>> was
>> > > very
>> > > difficult as pretty much no service dog programs train guide skills
>> and
>> > > very
>> > > few guide dog programs will accept people who are not legally blind.
>>
>> > > GDF
>> > > was the only school I was able to find that was willing to accept me
>> to
>> > > date
>> > > on the east coast.  They have been great to work with and hopefully
>> will
>> > > be
>> > > a good match for me.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Katrin
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Katrin Andberg
>> > >
>> > > Katrin at maplewooddog.com
>> > >
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